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Jo Johnson

The latest news and comment on Conservative Party politician Jo Johnson

February 2023

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    Jo Johnson resigns as director of firm linked to Adani allegations

    Former UK PM’s brother quits board of Elara Capital days after it was accused of using funds to manipulate share prices

December 2022

  • Johnson’s resignation comes amid a crisis in the cryptocurrency industry.

    Jo Johnson resigns from Binance advisory role

    The former Tory MP and universities minister stepped back as scrutiny over the cryptocurrency exchange grows

April 2021

  • David Cameron (left) and George Osborne make a speech during the Brexit referendum in 2016.

    Role call: the former ministers who found private sector jobs

    The Greensill affair shows how some of David Cameron’s appointees have been among the most enthusiastic corporate jobseekers. Here’s the list...

March 2021

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    UK universities’ closeness to China poses risks, says Jo Johnson

    Study led by former minister concludes dangers of closer collaboration are poorly understood

August 2020

  • Boris Johnson and Evgeny Lebedev at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards in 2009

    The Guardian view on Johnson's honours list: shameless and far too long

    Editorial: The prime minister’s decision to overuse his powers of patronage does nothing for the good governance of Britain

July 2020

  • Boris Johnson and Evgeny Lebedev at a Hampton Court Palace dinner in 2009

    Evgeny Lebedev, Jo Johnson and Ian Botham among 36 peerage nominations

    Also on list marking a year as PM for Boris Johnson are Ruth Davidson, Ken Clarke and Philip Hammond

April 2020

  • "The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History" by Boris Johnson - Book Launch Party<br>LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 22: (L to R) Stanley Johnson, Rachel Johnson, Mayor of London Boris Johnson and Jo Johnson attend the launch of Boris Johnson's new book "The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History" at Dartmouth House on October 22, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Getty Images)

    Johnson siblings' bond strong as ever as family faces toughest test

    Boris, Rachel, Jo and Leo remain firm friends after Brexit wobbles as PM remains in intensive care with coronavirus

January 2020

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    Jo Johnson warns against cutting university tuition fees

    Former universities minister says lowering student fees would do ‘grave damage’

December 2019

  • Huw Edwards will helm the BBC coverage.

    Gravitas, surprises and John Bercow: TV election night coverage

    The BBC goes in heavy, Channel 4 goes for laughs and Sky News boasts the former Speaker as a pundit

October 2019

  • Ken Clarke, who is standing down as an MP after 49 years, sitting alongside Theresa May on the Tory backbenches during prime minister’s questions on Wednesday

    The Guardian view on election 2019: it’s about Brexit above all

    Editorial: The retirement of so many centrist Tories is a reminder that theirs has now become the Brexit party in all but name
  • Amber Rudd

    Point of no return: the agonising path that led to Amber Rudd's walkout

    PM’s ousting of 21 rebels and lack of evidence for a credible Brexit agreement triggered resignation
  • Boris Johnson at Biarritz summit

    The Guardian view on the world and Brexit: rue Britannia

    Editorial: A project supposed to enhance Britain’s international stature has only served to diminish it
  • Andrew Rawnsley

    Like Macbeth, Johnson is too stepped in blood to turn back. Where next?

    Andrew Rawnsley
    He has lost control of Brexit, parliament and election timing. Resigning may soon look like his least worst option
  • Jo Johnson praises PM's 'amazing one-nation domestic agenda' after resignation – video

  • Jacob Rees-Mogg

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Jacob Rees-Mogg apologises to senior doctor he compared to disgraced anti-vaxxer – as it happened

  • Jo Johnson quits as Tory MP and minister: 'It's time to move on' – video

    Boris Johnson’s premiership has been dealt an extraordinary blow after his younger brother announced he was quitting the cabinet

  • Britain's former Minister of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Department and Education Department Jo Johnson leaves his home in London, Britain, September 5, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls

    Jo Johnson quits as MP and minister, citing 'national interest'

    PM appears rattled by move in which brother cites ‘unresolvable tension’
    • A family divided: how Brexit fractured the Johnsons

    • The Guardian view on Boris Johnson’s cunning plan: winning by resigning

    • Brief letters
      Who knows what Dominic Cummings is really up to?

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